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Published	01/15/2024	First to use a telescope to study the stars
Published	01/15/2024	Polish physicist and chemist. Pioneer in the field of radioactivity, and is the first and only person awarded the Nobel Prize in two different science…
Published	01/19/2024	He made several forms of oscillators, the tesla coil and wireless guidance for ships.
Published	01/15/2024	Italian painter, sculptor, engineer, scientist and architect
Published	01/15/2024	an author/scientist stricken with Lou Gehrig's disease whose research indicates that black holes can lose mass over time
Published	01/19/2024	This scientist devised principles to explain universal gravitation, that all matter attracts other matter.
Published	01/15/2024	German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion
Published	01/15/2024	Ancient Greek who proposed that the Earth was at the center of the universe with the Sun, Moon and planets revolving around it.
Published	01/15/2024	Developed the first modern theory of a sun-centered universe
Published	01/19/2024	Developed the theory of relativity, which states that time, space, and mass are relative to each other and not fixed.
Published	01/15/2024	English zoologist noted for her studies of chimpanzees in the wild (born in 1934)
Published	01/15/2024	Discovered that heat could kill bacteria that otherwise spoiled liquids including milk, wine, and beer.
Published	01/15/2024	Concluded that earth, fire, and water were elements of matter
Published	01/15/2024	American inventor who was responsible for developing the telephone.
Published	01/19/2024	Discovered electromagnetic waves; realized light was a type of electromagnetic wave
Published	01/15/2024	American astronomer who theorized that the universe is expanding and other galaxies are receding from us.
Published	01/19/2024	Discovered that a varying magnetic field caused electricity to flow in an electric circuit
Published	01/19/2024	Scientist who discovered electricity
Published	01/15/2024	A Scottish engineer whose advances to the steam engine that worked faster and more efficiently than earlier engines provided great help to the Industr…
Published	01/19/2024	An Italian scientist who developed the first battery around 1800
Published	01/19/2024	Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite
Published	01/19/2024	In the 1600s this man invented and developed a calculating machine.
Published	01/15/2024	A Russian chemist/teacher who published a table of the elements and listed them in order of increasing atomic mass
Published	01/15/2024	African American farmer and food scientist. His research improved farming in the South by developing new products using peanuts and by encouraging far…
Published	01/15/2024	Italian electrical engineer known as the father of radio (1874-1937)
Published	01/15/2024	Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-18…
Published	01/15/2024	American scientist who developed the first vaccine against polio in 1952.
Published	01/15/2024	Built the first successful airplane
Published	01/15/2024	Created the electric lightbulb
Published	01/15/2024	Created a system of naming organisms. Called binomial nomenclature.
Published	01/15/2024	First American woman to travel into space (1983)
Published	01/15/2024	Discovered hydrogen
Published	01/15/2024	Developed a successful steamboat
Published	01/15/2024	Discovered oxygen
Published	01/15/2024	Made it possible for geneticists to crack the DNA code. Founder of field of quantum chemistry and molecular biology.
Published	01/15/2024	Created vaccine for small pox
Published	01/15/2024	First to describe circulation of blood
Published	01/15/2024	Founded electromagnetism.
Published	01/15/2024	Created the first liquid filled rocket
Published	01/15/2024	Studied evolution and the theory of natural selection
Published	01/15/2024	Created the first microscope
Published	01/15/2024	Created the cotton gin
Published	01/15/2024	"The father of the hydrogen bomb"
Published	01/15/2024	Created the first X-ray machine
Published	01/15/2024	Extensive research documenting American birds.
Published	01/15/2024	Found many elements (potassium, sodium, calcium, strontium, barium, magnesium)
Published	01/15/2024	First person to walk on the moon
Published	01/15/2024	"Father of modern chemistry."
Published	01/15/2024	Developed modern atomic theory
Published	01/15/2024	Created a single-wire telegraph and Morse Code.
Published	01/15/2024	Cared about the environment. Helped in the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Published	01/15/2024	Made key discoveries in public health. "discovered" infectious disease.
Published	01/15/2024	Worked on emission spectra of elements. Developed the bunsen burner for laboratories.
Published	01/19/2024	Developed E=mc2
Published	01/19/2024	Scientist who discovered the Franklin stove
Published	01/19/2024	Scientist who discovered bifocals
Published	01/19/2024	Swedish chemist remembered for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896)
Published	01/19/2024	In the 1600s this man invented the syringe and hydraulic press.
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